From Pumpkin to Jack-O-Lantern
October 31
Pumpkin Vines
• Pumpkins are large vegetables that grow on vines. • (Since they develop from flower blossoms, they are really fruits, but we call them vegetables.)
Pumpkin Bud
• Pumpkin vines have large buds that turn into flowers.
Pumpkin Blossom
• This yellow blossom will turn into a pumpkin soon after it opens.
Pumpkin Field
• When pumpkins are ripe, they turn orange and their stems wither and die.
Pick-Up Truck
• After they ripen, they are put on trucks and taken to pumpkin patches.
Pumpkin Patch
• A pumpkin patch is a place with a lot of pumpkins for sale.
• The pumpkins are usually kept on the ground.
Buying a Pumpkin
• Parents and their children visit pumpkin patches to buy pumpkins for Halloween.
Gigantic Pumpkin
• This pumpkin is gigantic.
• Gigantic means very, very large.
Removing Pulp and Seeds
• To make a jack-olantern you need to cut off the top. • Then you need to take out the seeds and the pulp.
Pumpkin Pulp and Seeds
• The inside of a pumpkin has pulp and seeds.
Carving the Face
• After you remove the seeds and pulp, you carve a face on the pumpkin.
• You can draw the face with a pencil.
Roasted Seeds
• Roasted pumpkin seeds taste delicious. • This is a mixture of pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, and sunflower seeds.
Jack-O-Lanterns
• Many people put their jack-olanterns outside to greet trick-ortreaters.
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